Comment on: Hardikar et al. Spuriously High Prevalence of Prediabetes Diagnosed by HbA1c in Young Indians Partly Explained by Hematological Factors and Iron Deficiency Anemia. Diabetes Care 2012;35:797–802 | Zendy

Roger K. Schindhelm | Zendy; Margreet Schoorl | Zendy; Johannes van Pelt | Zendy

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Comment on: Hardikar et al. Spuriously High Prevalence of Prediabetes Diagnosed by HbA1c in Young Indians Partly Explained by Hematological Factors and Iron Deficiency Anemia. Diabetes Care 2012;35:797–802

Author(s) -

Roger K. Schindhelm,

Margreet Schoorl,

Johannes van Pelt

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-1135

Subject(s) - medicine , prediabetes , diabetes mellitus , anemia , hemoglobin , epidemiology , multivariate statistics , multivariate analysis , iron deficiency , pediatrics , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics

We read with great interest the article by Hardikar et al. (1). In their epidemiological study in nondiabetic subjects, the authors observed an inverse association between HbA1c and hemoglobin levels, mean cell volume, and mean cell hemoglobin. In the multivariate models, laboratory parameters indicating iron deficiency anemia were negatively associated with HbA1c. On the basis …

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